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PLEASE SEND APPEALS ASAP:

Minister for Home Affairs
Maung Oo
Ministry of Home Affairs
Office No. 10
Naypyitaw, Union of Myanmar
Fax: +95 67 412 439
Salutation: Dear Minister

Minister of Information
Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan
Ministry of Information
Bldg. (7), Naypyitaw,
Union of Myanmar
media.moi@mptmail.net.mm
Salutation: Dear Minister

Additionally:
Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Information,
Myanmar Radio & Television (M.R.T.V), Pyay Road,
Yangon. Phone: 951-532814, Fax: 951-525428.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nyan Win
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Naypyitaw, Union of Myanmar
Salutation: Dear Minister

And to diplomatic representatives for Myanmar of your own country.

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Example letter
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(Place, date)



Dear Minister,

Please allow me to draw your attention to the case of Thanda Tun and Ko Maung Nyo. They are members of TheBestFriends. Their arrest early September 2009 took place in the library of The Best Friend in Mandalay and is related to the September 2007 uprising. They are still in Insein Prison on charges of 13/1 illegally crossing the border, section 7 setting up the organization without permission [connecting to exile monks] and 24/1 holding and changing foreign currency illegally. Together with Ye Myint, U Yaywata, U Kawthita, U Withudi, U Waryama and Kyaw Khin they were charged under the Unlawful Associations Act and the Immigration Act. The trial started in January 6 2010 and is scheduled to be concluded this month.
Five of the above reportedly do not have lawyer assistance, and relatives of all eight defendants had been barred from visiting them since their arrest.

I call on you to ensure that all eight defendants are released immediately and unconditionally. I ask that while they remain in detention they are given access to necessary medical treatment, to lawyers of their own choosing and to visitors, and to ensure that they are not tortured or otherwise ill-treated.

Yours sincerely,

(name, address)